"CAPACITY BUILDING"

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently organized a three-day capacity building conference for personnel of South Sudan’s National Prisons Service on how other UN member states are promoting gender equality and working to reduce sexual and gender-based violence by implementing institutional and prison service reforms. UNMISS

Speakers in Security Council emphasize placing political solutions at centre of peacekeeping operations, call for more concise mission mandates.

The UN’s Chiefs of Police Summit kicked off in New York, bringing together senior Government and police officials to deliberate on the contribution of the UN Police to sustainable peace and development. UNIFEED

Press briefing by Police Commissioner Luís Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser and Director of the Police Division; MINUSMA Police Commissioner Bettina Patricia Boughani, and UNISFA Police Commissioner Violet Nasambu Lusala.

Chief Warrant Officer Alizeta Kabore Kinda of Burkia Faso is the recipient of the 2022 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. UNIFEED

Security Council presidential statement calls for bolstered efforts, better coordination to prevent conflict, sustain peace in Africa.

It was a bright and sunny day in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as dignitaries and communities came together to mark a long-awaited step forward in the ongoing peace process here—the graduation of the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces. UNMISS

Amid mixed results for Africa’s effective governance, peace, security, speakers in Security Council spotlight ways to end violence, build capacity for growth.

The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) Commission, Bankole Adeoye, told the Security Council that “the threat of violent extremism and terrorism continue to loom heavily over the continent and the world at large” and against this global and continental context, “we must redouble our efforts at developing our capacities to sustain peace.” UNIFEED

Amid mixed results for Africa’s effective governance, peace, security, speakers in Security Council spotlight ways to end violence, build capacity for growth.